Tag: Science
How Saudi Arabia buys researchers and hacks Shanghai ranking
Enough to make a stir in the scientific world. According the Spanish generalist daily El País, Saudi Arabia has quietly bribed dozens of top scientists, including many Spaniards, to sign…
Starship: why the rocket explosion is not a failure
A few strange rotations 30 km above the ground, before evaporating in a gigantic plume of smoke. It is 3:37 p.m. when the most powerful rocket in the world, launched…
Didier Raoult, an autobiography in defiance of science and facts
True to himself. At 71, Didier Raoult published his 17th book on Thursday April 6, Autobiography (ed. Michel Lafon, 336 pages). It comes to close the literary return of the…
Space: the Starship rocket explodes a few minutes after takeoff
The largest rocket in the world, Starship, developed by SpaceX for trips to the Moon and Mars, exploded in flight shortly after takeoff on Thursday April 20. But this first…
Patients without a doctor: Macron will mainly treat statistics, by Dr Rochoy
“I hope that the 600,000 French people with chronic illnesses who do not have a doctor will be able to have them by the end of the year”. This announcement,…
Pinery bumble bee community science project seeks volunteers
News Local News PostedApr 19, 2023 • Last updated 5 hours ago • 3 minute read A trail in Pinery Park at Lambton Shores is shown in this file photo.…
Elaborate science fiction thriller that travels into the mind of a serial killer with unforgettable images
Dahmer, You, Dexter and Co.: Many can’t get enough of serial killer stories. If you want to experience an original approach with a star cast, you should check out Amazon…
scientists suffer from the breakdown of relations with Russia
In this episode of La Loupe, Xavier Yvon analyzes the risks posed by the war in Ukraine to global scientific cooperation with Antoine Beau, journalist at L’Express and Alice Pannier,…
Starship: the three facts to know before the test flight of the largest rocket in the world
In the middle of all the more or less crazy projects of Elon Musk, there are some serious ones that deserve special attention. Undoubtedly, that of the Starship rocket, designed…
What is the universe made of? When discoveries increase our ignorance, by Etienne Klein
In one of his chronicles, Alexandre Vialatte wrote: “The mind of man never stops dreaming. But also meditating, calculating, calculating. He wants to know and needs not to understand. In…